SECOND GENERATION

4. George Washington SUHR ⁽¹⁾ was born on 22 Sep 1861 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI. ⁽¹⁴⁾ He was buried in 1938 in Bayard, Morrill County, NE. ⁽¹⁵⁾ He died on 7 Jul 1938 in Bayard, Morrill County, NE. ⁽¹⁶⁾ He was a in farming. He age at death (2) in 76 yrs. old. George Washington was born in Ridgeway, Iowa County, WI. . George came to Nebraska sometime before 1892. George and Anna farmed in Wayne, Wayne County, NE. and that is where their three children were born. The family moved to Bayard in 1910. George purchased 160 acres from the Union Pacific Railroad 1 1/2 miles from town. He came out first and built the house, out buildings, and the barn (that still stands). Anna, and the three children and their household belongings came to Bayard on the train. They journeyed the mile and half north by team and wagon. When they came up over the hill, Anna thought the countryside looked so bleak, sandy and desolate she wanted to turn around and go right back to Eastern Nebraska, but in a few months time she felt it was her home and never again wanted to leave. George was prominent in Bayard farming, school and civic affairs.


He always farmed with horses, and although he eventually owned an automobile, he preferred to have his sons or son-in-law drive him---he was more comfortable with animals than mechanical things. They planted a fruit orchard just north of the house, that was there for many years, and always had a huge garden. George had a fine herd of registered Duroc-Jersey hogs as well as registered milking Shorthorns.

The children attended school in Bayard, usually walking (Summer & Winter) and later on Edna and Dewey rode burros. The first school they attended was in the "Old Pink Schoolhouse", a large two frame building that had to be braced on three sides because it shook so bad in the wind.

George and Anna continued to farm until his death July 7, 1938, when he was 76 years of age. Anna sold the farm in 1943 and moved to Bridgeport, NE where she lived near her daughter Edna, passing away May 7, 1956. Both are buried in the Bayard Cemetery in Bayard, Morrill County, NE.

1870 Listed in the United State Federal census, IA, Mills County, Anderson Township with parents age 9

1880 Listed in the United States Federal census, IA, Mills County Anderson Township with parents age 20

1885 Listed IA State census, Mills County, Anderson Township with Robert's family age 23

1900 Listed in the United States Federal census, NE Wayne County, Creek precindt age 38 with wife Anna age 28 and son Louie age 1

1910 Listed in the United States Federal census NE, Morrill County, Bayard precinct age 49 with wife Anna age 37 son Louie age 11, Dewey age 7 & dua Edna age 5

1920 Listed in the United States Federal census, NE, Morrill County, Bayard precinct age 58 with wife Anna age 47, sons Louie age 20, Dewey age 17 & dau Edna age 15

1930 Listed in the United States Federal census NE Morrill County, Bayard precinct age 68 with wife Anna age 57

He was married to Anna PAULSON (daughter of Paul PAULSON and Anna PETERSON) on 20 Jan 1897 in Wayne, Wayne County, NE. Anna PAULSON⁽¹⁾ was born on 15 Nov 1872 in Halen Norway. She died on 7 May 1956 in Bridgeport, Morrill County, NE.⁽¹⁶⁾ She was buried on 10 May 1956 in Bayard, Morrill County, NE.⁽¹⁷⁾ Anna was born in Hallen, Norway, and came to America in 1882, with her parents settling first near Wayne, NE. She was a member of the English Lutheran Church. George Washington SUHR and Anna PAULSON had the following children:

+14 i. Louie Anthon SUHR.
+15 ii. George Dewey SUHR.
+16 iii. Edna Bertha SUHR.